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Pass SFR La Carte: Prepaid SIM card for France
Although we have a Free Mobile subscription at €2, it isn’t necessarily interesting to switch it back to the €20 plan (you have to keep it for at least 3 months and there is a €10 fee to switch back to the €2 plan) when we travel in France. I discovered Lebara which seems to me to be the best value for money in prepaid SIM card. While passing by the Saint Lazare train station, I saw ads for an alternative: the prepaid SIM card “Pass SFR La Carte”. The principle of the SFR Pass The Card The principle of the Pass SFR La Carte is very simple: instead of…
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My opinion on the Swatch Skin watch: ideal for travelers
I may be a bit old school but I always liked to wear a watch. While we all have the time in our pocket with our smartphone, I still enjoy wearing one. As a traveler, I even find it reassuring: If I need to check the time in a crappy bus station, it’s safer to look at my watch than to take out my €500 smartphone. Obviously, the argument does not hold if my watch is a Rolex. If a pick-pocket has stolen my wallet and I no longer have any means of payment, it can become a bargaining chip to at least return to my home, to the embassy,…
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[Testimony] Giving Blood after a Trip Abroad
When I was sedentary, I used to give blood regularly. The Etablissement Français du Sang (EFS) used to visit my company once a year, I didn’t even have to think about it. It isn’t a very pleasant moment to spend but it is very important. Every year in France, one million people are treated thanks to blood donation. This simple gesture saves lives. Since I have been traveling non-stop for the past four years, I have unfortunately been giving much less regularly since, depending on the countries we have visited, we sometimes have to wait several months before being able to be a donor again. Because of the covid, the…
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How to Save Photos during a Trip or a Round the World Tour?
If you are going on a long trip of several months, you surely have a high-performance camera on you that will take high definition photos. You will probably also use this camera or your phone to take videos. Maybe you even bring a drone to take spectacular videos. Anyway, you will create a database of thousands of files that will represent your most beautiful memories. This base will weigh very heavy, tens, even hundreds of gigabytes. We’ll have to think about how to save all this and avoid everyone’s haunting: losing all our precious memories along the way. What volumes are we talking about? During our first world tour, we…
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Opinions on Inspirato Pass: The unlimited luxury travel
I had to be categorized by Facebook as a regular traveler because I was targeted some time ago by an ad from the agency Inspirato that caught my attention. The principle: for a monthly subscription, you can book luxury accommodations, cruises or activities on an unlimited basis, without any additional fees. When I saw that, I had a wow effect but let’s see it in more detail. The Inspirato Pass offer Inspirato is an American company that exists since 2010 and markets theInspirato Pass The Inspirato Pass allows you to book luxury accommodation in 218 destinations around the world. Experiences like a safari in Kenya. Or even a week’s cruise…
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Minimalist travel this summer: Checklists Men / Women
These images come from our Instagram stories, but I decided to post them here on the blog. To save the checklists, just right-click and “save image”. Here is the list of the clothes we recommend for one week. If you are leaving for more than a week, it is better to bring your clothes for 1 week anyway, then just do the laundry. If you’re just going away for a weekend, I already have another list here for you that fits in a small Longchamp bag. To save space and prevent wrinkles, fold them in the KonMari(read more here). 3 pairs of shoes maximum, it may be hard for you,…
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How to read the French Press from abroad?
Since I’ve been traveling, I try to follow the news as little as possible. It’s a waste of time (today’s information will be out of date tomorrow), it’s often anxiety-provoking, and in any case, important information will get to you at some point. Anecdote on this subject: on July 15, 2016 in the morning, I am on a small square in the depths of Nepal. A man approaches me (he will offer me his services as a guide) and learning that I am French, asks me sorry if I am aware of the attacks in Nice that took place the evening before. The information had already arrived there! I do…
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How to receive a parcel without having an address (in France)?
During our visits in France, we generally take advantage of this opportunity to make some business purchases on the internet that we couldn’t find abroad. We may also need to ask our relatives to send us some things that they are kind enough to store for us. The problem is… we don’t have an address! We are going to have a lodging (Airbnb generally) but we are never very long there, we aren’t necessarily going to be able to put our name on the bell for the deliveryman, we will not necessarily have the key of the mailbox … In short, it will be more difficult than anything else. Fortunately,…
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Instagram, YouTube, Comics & Clothing Accounts: June 2020 Favorites
Instagram & YouTube accounts: I didn’t have a lot of presence on Instagram before, but I feel that they have improved their algorithm and I come across more and more interesting suggestions. Here are the Instagram and/or YouTube accounts that I am : @jessicaclements: I also follow it on YouTube. She is a New York model with a very soft voice, who likes birds and light makeup. She is my reference for make up and cosmetics in the US, even if she always takes 3 months to publish a video. I really like the clothes she wears (she often tags clothing brands on her Instagram account). It’s thanks to her…
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Gerberoy (Oise): Village with 1000 rose bushes & Remarkable Gardens at 2h from Paris
We end our mini road trip around Rouen by Gerberoy, another village classified “Most beautiful villages of France”. This village is only 2 hours away from Paris, but as we didn’t have a car when we were still parisian, we never tried to come here. What a pity! Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary Gerberoy was not always the peaceful village as we know it today. The village was located on a hillock on the border between the ancient kingdoms of France and England and witnessed several conflicts. Thanks to the painter Henri le Sidaner, the village has regained its splendor. Gerberoy is for…
